Vehicle for handling brick.



No. 826,779. PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

J. J. GLEDHILL.

VEHIQLB'FOR HANDLING BRICK.

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' UNITED. STATES PATENT oEEIoE- VEHICLE FOR HANDLING BRICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Application filed July 26, 1905. Serial No. 271.298-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. GLEDHILL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vehicles for Handling Brick, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to carts or trucks adapted more particularly for use in connection with the manufacture of brick.

. Vehicles of this character consist generally ofa suitable body mounted on a suitablenumber of vehicle-Wheels and provided with, a platform or supporting structure which can be raised and lowered In the manufacture of brick, and particularly in the drying process, the bricks are supported on pallets, so that they can be moved from place to place. When it is desired to transfer a pallet of brick from one place to another, a cart or truck is wheeled into position below the same and the structure of the vehicle then manipulated in such manner asto lift the pallet off from its stationary supports. In this way the pallet of brick is easily picked up and loaded onto the cart or truck and can then be Wheeled to another position and unloaded with equal facility.

Generally stated, the object of my invention is to provide an im roved, sim lified, and highly-efficient vehic e for handing or carrying brick.

Special objects of my invention are toprovide an improved construction and arrangement whereby the: vehicle may consist of a cart having but two wheels and having also a brick-supp ort suspended between said wheels, together with means for easily raising and lowering said support when it is desired to load or unload the brick; to provide an imroved construction and arrangement whereby the brick can be supported quite near the floor or ground and whereby it will not be necessary to raise the brick as high as heretofore, thus reducing the amount of labor necessary for raising and lowering and trans porting the brick and simplifying and facilitatingthe operation generally; to provide an improved construction and arrangement whereby the vehicle may consist of a cart having but two wheels and having also a di vided brick-support suspended between said wheels, together with means for raising and lowering the said support, the vehicle being thus adapted to have its two wheels positioned at opposite sides of the pallet of brick and to have its divided brick-support then brought into engagement with the opposite sides ofthe said pallet for the purpose of raising the latter from its comparatively lowdown position of rest; to provide an improved construction and arrangement of cranks and levers and other parts for raising and lowering a pallet of brick when it is desired to load or unload the same, and to provide certain details of construction and features of improvement tending to increase the general efficiency and serviceability of a vehicle of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other useful ends my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed. V

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved vehicle for handling and carrying brick. Fig. 2 is a plan of the two-wheeled cart shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of one end of the said cart, showing one side of the same in vertical section.

As thus illustrated, my improved vehicle is in the nature of a cart having a pair of vehicle-wheels A and a pushing-handle B, the latter being bail-shaped in character; but it will be understood that the said cart may be either pushed or drawn, as may suit the con venience of the operator. The two wheels are connected by an arched and bail-shaped anle 0, provided at its ends with horizontally-disposed spindles 0, upon which are mounted the said Wheels. It will be observed that the middle or body portion of this axle is connected with its spindles by means of castings c, and these castings also serve to rigidly unite the said axle with the bail-shaped handle B. Thus the handle is rigidly connected with the axle structure upon which the two wheels are mounted, there being a clear space between the wheels and below the arch-shaped axle. The castings D are. designed to serve as bellcranks and are mounted to turn upon the 1nner ends of the axle-spindles c. Any suitable means can be applied to the ends of said spindles for the purpose of holding. both the wheels and the said bell-cranks in place thereon. These two bell-cranks are rigidly united by a bail-shaped handle or operatinglever (1, this handle or operating-lever being ing its lower ends provided with a horizontal and longitudinally-extending piece of angle iron 6, the latter providing a ledge or shelf upon which the pallet of brick may rest. Each bail-shaped member 6 is desirably composed of sections connected together in such manner that the angle-irons c can both be raised and lowered for the purpose of adjusting the support with reference to the height at which the pallets of brick may be distributed upon the floor or ground.

It will be seen that the two sections of the brick-support are desirably well balanced upon their pivotal supports, thus insuring at a l times a horizonta or level position-for each angle-iron e. Obviously, however, each side or section of the brick-support is adapted to adjust itself to the sideor edge portion of the pallet of brick and to do so independently of the other section. In this way thecart is adapted to be positioned with its wheels atthe opposite sides of the pallet of brick and with the two sections of the bricksupport hanging at opposite sides ofthe said pallet, and then when the brick-support is raised its two sections .adjust themselves easily to the sides of thesaid pallet.

When the cart is brought ,into position .for loading a pallet of brick, the handle (2 is at such time allowed to remain ina vertical position and in contact .with the arched or'bailsha ed axle 0, thus permitting the :ledgesor ang e-irons e of the brick-support to hang as low down as possible. However, according to the character of the work, it may be only necessary for the-operator to slightly se arate the two handles and d, so as .to s ightly lower the brick-support but in anyevent the brick-support is lowered and the cart .then wheeled over the allet of brick for the purpose of bringing t e two ledges of the bricksupport beneath the said pallet. When this has been done, the o erator then pulls down on the handle (1 and in this way raises the pallet of brick from its support or restingplace. The two handles can then be held tightly together while the cart is being w eeledtothe place where it is desired to unload the pallet of brick. Obviously with this construction and arrangement it is not necessary to raise the bricks very high or to have them supported on high supporting structures. This I find is in many ways quite} advanta eous and quite an improvement over the o dmethod. While thebrickis being carried by the cart, the handle d can be prevented from rising by simply lowering bothof the handles to a more or less horizontal position, so as to bring the axis or pivotal points of the brick-su port past the center and at such a position t at the mere weight of the brick tends in itself to hold the handle (1 against rising. When said axis is thrown to the other side of the center, it is obvious that the weight of the brick-supportand its load of brick will then cause it to move downward.

The lugs or stop devices 6 are secured to the sides of the bail-shaped members E and are adapted to engage the under surfaces of the side portions of the :handle (1. In this way these-lugs prevent thebrick-support-and the pallet of brick from swinging while the vehicle is in motion-andto permitthe-handles to be lowered for the purpose-of tilting up the forward end of the brick-support. This is particularly an advantage when the cart is pushed up an incline or when forany other reason it is necessaryto raise-the otherend of the pallet of brick being carriedbytheledges e -What I claim as my inventionis- 1. A vehicle for carrying brick, comprising an arched or bail shaped axle havingiitsends provided with inwardly-projecting spindles, wheels mounted on said spindles, raisingand lowering devices also mounted on said .spindles, a brick-support hungonsaidraising and lowering devices, and means for operating said .raising and loweringdevices.

2. A vehicle for carrying1brick,.comprising an axle having .an upper horizontal portion and upright side portions, inwardly-project.- ing spindles secured ,to the lower ends-of said upright portions, wheels mounted on said spindles, .a brick-supporting device pivotally mounted on each bell-crank, .a bail-shaped handle ri idly secured to said axle, and Kan other ba i -shaped handle rigidly secured -to said bell-cranks, whereby the said bell-cranks may .be rocked on said spindles .-for the pur pose of raising and lowering said l-brick-supporting-devices.

3. A vehicle for carrying brick, comprising an axle having [an vupper horizontal portion, upright side portions, vehicle-wheels carried by the lower ends of said upright portions, raising and lowering means also carried ,by the lower ends of said upright portions, a brick-support carried by said raisingand lowering means, a handle rigid with said axle, and .another handle rigid with said raising and lowering means, saidbrick-support .be-

ing positioned between said wheels.

4. A vehicle forcarrying brick, comprising a swinging brick-support, a bail-shaped handle, and ugs carried by the brick-support and adapted .to engage the said handle.

5. A vehicle for carrying brick, comprising a brick-support pivotally vmounted at its ;.up per .end, side members, and lugs carried by said brick-support and adapted to engage said members.

6. A vehicle for carrying brick, comprising ITO an axle having an upper horizontal portion, raising and lowering means, said brick-supupright side portions, Vehicle-wheels carried port being positioned between said wheels. 10 by the lower ends of said upright portions, Signed by me at St. Louis, Missouri, this raising and lowering means also carried by 21st day of July, 1905.

the lower ends of said upright portions, a JOHN J. GLEDHILL. brick-support carried by said raising and low- Witnesses: I ering means, a handle conneoted'with said E. L. HESS,

axle, and another handle connected with said H. D. LEMPKE. 

